@Rosie - I believe Zorg's secretary referred to it as "Mister Shadow" when it placed the telephone call. And the general at the beginning had the oil-ooze too, so I'd lay the blame on "Mister Shadow" myself.

extra credits for Zorg's whole name I think. Anybody else who yelled "Piiiggs in Spaaaaace!" on first seeing the Orcs-with-rayguns/Mangalores? Over-the-top space opera dungeon crawl looking for the elements of a treasure.

Um, and some of these cupcake "treasures" need to have their elements separated and put back in hiding.

Ah...the symbolism of the first cake...this was made for a student who graduated at the bottom of his class -- hence the cap placed over the giant foam finger, which is, of course, pointing down. The "tassel" meanders, much like the student did during his academic career. And finally, the cake is orange, reflecting his best friend's comment to him after graduation: "Orange you glad it's over."

I knew a kid who graduated in the class of 200g...he was real thin...

Loved the comment "two cherries projectile vomiting..." but I just hate to see two cherries pitted against each other...

"Class of 200g".......?........ maybe a subtle reference to how much they'll have to pay back in student loans? They really ALL ~~every dang one of 'em~~need to give up on the mortar board theme. These are ALL~~every dang one of 'em~~a virtual Rorschach test in buttercream.Do they ever actually TRAIN these people????

(I can hear Groucho Marx saying, "This is so easy a child could do it. Someone go get me a child.")

For even more fun (!): Look closely at the photo of the blue mess, and you can *almost* make out the person taking the picture, reflected in the plastic lid.(!!)Could be damning evidence of some sort, should this cake come to trial.

Hmmmm...I think I'll make "Holly Hannah" my new catch-phrase/exclamation for hideous giant cookies that have to fill in for actual cakes ("Holly Hannah! Look at that ugly cookie! What're they-too cheap to buy a cake?")

The first one looks a little like the Ace of Diamonds bled out after being shot, complete with yellow crime scene tape.

The last one reminds me of Harry Potter and Voldemort battling in the graveyard, when the spells meet in the middle.

Maybe this is how the baker envisions the last scene of Deathly Hallows -- Harry and Voldemort meet in Hogwarts and prepare to battle in the Great Hall, atop the (badly rendered) Hogwarts crest. Sick with stress, they both vomit. The puking spells meet in the middle. Who will prevail?

Zorg is my Hero. That 'morterboard' does kinda remind me of his half a head of hair. @Anonymous at 12:46. You are thinking of Mandalorian. Bobba and Jango wore Mandalorian armor. the Mangalores are the orc looking things from 5th Element. Easy confusion to have, the words are so similar.

I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who saw projectile vomiting cherries and read "Holy Hannah", but then if that were what it actually said, it wouldn't be a wreck now would it? I think I will go try to actually order this on a cake and see what I get...

Am I the only one who thought of "Witches of Eastwick" when viewing the cherries vomiting cake?

Hubby and I are huge Fifth Element fans, and have passed on our adoration of it to our 10 year old daughter (uh, we do skip the Ruby Rhod/stewardess scenes in the ship to Fhloston Paradise). She loves to shout out "Leeloo Dallas MUL-TI-PASS!" whenever we take the train, as you have to slide your transit card into a slot to enter.

I didn't get geek points for The Fifth Element (too long ago since I saw it), but I did get The Exorcist reference. Funny thing is, I never saw The Exorcist. I just have a college friend who used to say that all the time.

I get the 25pts geek points... but want to apply for extra credit. When my second child was born, her hair was patchy, at best. We called her Zorg until her first birthday -- when her hair finally grew in!

I'm a bit saddened. My local grocery uses cakes that have been frozen and shipped in...lol They are apparently better at decorating things somewhere else...so I have yet to see a wreck to photograph. I feel that I'm missing something ...that one day...can only be filled by finding a true wreck on my own!

I love the Zorg cake! Fifth Element is one of a handful of movies (including Princess Bride and Office Space) that if I catch it on, at any point in the movie, I MUST sit and finish watching it. Consequences be damned!

Good lord, these are so damn embarrasing. A pool of vomit looks more appetising (in fact, I bet £100 you could get the likeness of a mortarboard with more accuracy from a pool of vom than from the craftmanship of all these 'professional' bakers combined).

The swirly cupcake cap gets even worse when you think about what black dye tastes like. I once made a "death" cake ('cause 30 is soooo old, LOL!) and warned people NOT to eat the Grim Reaper in the middle, 'cause NASTY!

So its horrible, swirly looks are actually a kind public service announcement that says "Don't eat this, it's not really cake).

I loved seeing comments where people talk about how the randomly quote The Fifth Element. My soon-to-be husband and I do that all the time. "Aziz! Light!": When were leaving the house. "Chicken" (as spoken by Leeloo). "SuperGreen...." and so on. I think this is a sign of a great marriage to come. :)

Bad guy from the Fifth Element was Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg. The blob of black looks a lot like the punishment Mr. Shadow gave him while they were on the phone. Yes I have watched the movie way to much but I love Bruce Willis (he's so hot) and Gary Oldman is such a great actor.

As for that last cake, I saw the names Holly and Hannah and my mind immediately went to Sam & Jacob Carter's favorite saying of "Holy Hannah!" Yeah, I watch waaay to much Stargate; if there is such a thing.

When are wreckerators going to graduate from CCCs? Yes, I know; 'when people stop asking for them', but all it takes is a concerted effort to educate the public, preferably by directing them to CW. Anyone who continues to insist after that has been warned.

I cite in support of my thesis the first three exhibits.

#2 Could 'Class of 200g' have anything to do with that white powder in the lower left? Wait, that's a reflection from the cover. Never mind.

#3 is from Van Gogh's 'cupcake period', which proved to be the cause, rather than an effect of his insanity.

#4 "Why did you have to go and spill ink on that nice cake I just decorated?! Never mind, just write 'Congratulations' on it and we'll pass it off as a graduation cake."

#5 Yes, it's the Giant Cookie of Doom. On the other hand, 'congratulations' seems to be getting mangled less often these days (I hope I won't have cause to regret saying that). Yet another positive effect that Cake Wrecks is having on society.

"At present, nothing is possible except to extend the area of proper spelling little by little."

I usually don't get to come by here as often as I'd like, but when I saw the reference to the 5th Element, I made sure I did. And I was not disappointed :o) Oh, and geek points to boot, what more could a Nerd girl want? Of course that's the blood/ooze from under that weird skull cap thing and the baddy was Jean-Baptiste. Emanuel (sp?). Zorg. I think a viewing of the movie is on the "must do" list for this weekend :o) Green? Super Green!

Yay! 35 geek points for me!! That's one of my fave movies...even though all the boys in the house hate it. What do boys know anyway?! ;)

That last cake was just weird and incomprehensible til you said it looked like two cherries projectile vomiting...then I was sick. It's like the revenge of the fruit from Stand By Me...guess they were out of blue frosting for blueberries, though.

All I remembered was that his name was Gary Oldman. Do I still get points. I certainly don't remember any falling pianos in the movie. i do, however, remember watching the RiffTrax for it and laughed so hard that I was in pain.

Zorg hardly counts as a BAD guy. He's a businessman, that's all. And innately evil. But smart. Or at least, smarter than his customers. And I want one of those guns. I can think of many occasions I'd like to freeze my enemies, or at least throw a net over them. I'd mount it on my bicycle. :-) Hey, I bet even a wrecker could make a Mangalore-head cake! The uglier, the more accurate!

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